[BaadAssGremlins] Re:BEAUTIFUL 72 X in Georgia!!

["Duane Hattaway" <duanehattaway@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the welcome.  I'm up in Dahlonega, about 70 miles due 
north of Atlanta.  I'm not a Peachstate member but I should probably 
look into it.  I'm already in 3 clubs, Prez of one - Gold City 
Classics in Dahlonega - and they keep me pretty busy.  I missed the 
regional because my club had a show that day.

--- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "lumina333" <lumina333@...> 
wrote:
>
> Duane,
> Welcome to BAG! Your ride is AWESOME! Where in GA do you reside? 
I'm 
> not too far away - located in Montgomery, AL. My baby (under 
> lumina333 folder) is not too far from cranking up. I will get 
newer 
> photos in there soon. Also check out the AMO SE Regional folder 
for 
> photos of the show that took place in Atlanta last weekend. Were 
you 
> there? I know your car wasn't; I would have remembered it. Are you 
a 
> Peach State AMO member? 
> ~Lu~
> 1974+76 AMC Gremlin
> 360/727A/Ford 9"
> 
> --- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Duane Hattaway" 
> <duanehattaway@> wrote:
> >
> > Joe,
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Thanks for the kind words and thanks for telling me about the 
> group.  I've
> > posted some pics in an album 72
> > 
> 
<http://autos.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/BaadAssGremlins/photos/browse
/
> e64d>
> > in North Georgia
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > This is our "baby".  We are second owners, bought her in 1976. 
She 
> started
> > life as a 304, 3 speed car with no A/C in Miami. She could take 
all 
> the boys
> > in their TransAms and Z28s from stoplight to stoplight. Not much 
> top-end,
> > though, with that 3 speed.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I started a restoration in 1984, got transferred and had to put 
her 
> on a
> > trailer and haul her to the new place. That happened four more 
> times.  I'd
> > start to work on her and get transferred.  When we got to 
Dahlonega 
> in 2001
> > we wanted to stay so we decided to have someone else do the 
heavy 
> work and
> > break the curse.  It worked!  She rolled out to her first show 
> in '04.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > She's had a complete, "frame off" restoration.  The 304 is 
> bored .30 over,
> > has flat-top pistons, a mild cam, roller-tipped rockers, and a 
> Mighty Demon
> > 4bbl.  That's backed up by a 5 speed and a Ford 9-inch.  Goes 
like 
> stink!
> > And she'll "hop a Coke bottle".  No kidding, I showed my butt a 
> little bit
> > at the Mopar Meet last year and the folks in the stands said I 
got 
> air under
> > the front wheels.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > She gets kind of lonely because we don't see other Gremlins 
> around.  We hit
> > the cruises and shows around North Georgia and she's always 
alone.  
> The only
> > time she's been on the field with other Gremlins was at the AMO 
> nationals
> > when it was here in Atlanta a couple of years back.  So she 
travels 
> around
> > with our '69 Mach 1 and my buddy's General Lee.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I'm glad I found this group.  Anybody know how to soften the 
ride a 
> little.
> > Those torque arms in the back make it feel like the axle is 
welded 
> to the
> > frame!
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Duane
> >
>




 
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